As play begins in the 2015 Volvo China Open, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field assembled at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club.
In the field, there are:
156players from 25 different countries - a truly international field for the Volvo China Open
9players from the top 100 in the Official Golf World Ranking: defending champion Alex Levy, Tommy Fleetwood, Mikko Ilonen, Ross Fisher, Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazábal, Gary Stal, Scott Hend and Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
24players inside the top 50 of The Race to Dubai.
32Chinese players including teenage sensation Dou Ze-cheng, who turned professional at the end of last year. Dou was the leading home player two years ago, finishing in a tie for 33rd place as an amateur.
16year old Guan Tian-lang is the youngest player in the field. Two years ago, Guan became the youngest ever player to make the cut in the Masters Tournament.
